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There’s court battle over whether to permanently redact the names of some in the Archdiocese of Baltimore who are accused of committing or enabling abuse. Here’s how similar situations played out elsewhere.
March 24, 2023
Across the United States, various institutions that have faced sexual abuse allegations ranging from the Boy Scouts of America to USA Gymnastics have filed for bankruptcy. Could the Archdiocese of Baltimore follow?
March 17, 2023
Attorney generals office will redact 37 names from the report and rewrite portions to omit identifying information for another 60 people.
March 14, 2023
Monday is the deadline for attorneys to submit their suggested redactions to a 456-page investigation before a judge is expected to release it.
March 13, 2023
A state bill cleared a key Senate committee Friday to give more survivors of child sexual abuse the legal right to sue the church and other institutions complicit in the crimes.
March 10, 2023
State lawmakers are closer to settle the terms of their proposal to give more survivors of child sexual abuse the opportunity to sue the Catholic Church and other institutions complicit in the crimes.
March 2, 2023
With an order Friday from the courts, Marylanders are bracing for the release of an investigation into the history of child sexual abuse within the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
February 24, 2023
Circuit Judge Robert Taylor Jr.’s order said he will hear arguments later on whether to release the entire report at a later date.
Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, occurring 6 1/2 weeks before Easter.
February 22, 2023
The ramp agent was fired after he used personal days to attend Friday prayer services, including during a ”state of emergency” in December, according to a complaint filed Tuesday.
February 15, 2023
With the statute of repose, Maryland legislators granted the Catholic Church sweeping immunity from lawsuits — a constitutional protection they perhaps can’t take back.
February 14, 2023
A transgender man scheduled a hysterectonmy at a Catholic hospital in Towson and was told the night before the surgery it couldn't be performed because it went against the hospital's Catholic ethics.
January 7, 2023
It's been a half century since Liz Murphy and Linda Malat Tiburzi were raped and tortured by their teacher at the Catholic Community Middle School in South Baltimore. Yet their quest for justice is not over.
Baltimore Circuit Judge Robert K. Taylor Jr. will oversee proceedings regarding the release of an investigation detailing the “sexual abuse” and “physical torture” of more than 600 children and teens at the hands of 158 Catholic priests.
January 3, 2023
Citing state and federal rules that protect grand jury materials, a Baltimore judge ordered proceedings to remain secret in the legal effort to release an investigation into the history sexual abuse within the Catholic Church of Baltimore.
December 22, 2022